Sacredness and transcendence: The Aeneid the foundationof power in Caesar Augustus

Abstract

From the identification of certain implicit metaphorical resources in the verses of the book The Aeneid of the poet Virgilio, the proposal of this article is to reveal the sacred-political content implicit in the scriptural operation of the Mantuan, plus its ascription to the restorative and foundational policy. of Emperor Caesar Augustus in 1st century BC Rome In the core, the way in which Virgil, by recovering elements and figures typical of tradition and the configuration of the ancient Roman family, marks his text with an allegorical power that endows the epic of Caesar with sacredness and transcendence is observed.